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Fearless: Casey Butrico And Melanie Emerson, Casey E. Butrico, Melanie P. Emerson
Fearless: Casey Butrico And Melanie Emerson, Casey E. Butrico, Melanie P. Emerson
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Casey Butrico (‘16) and Melanie Emerson (‘16) recently started a discussion group called Students for Reproductive Justice. This group is dedicated to the belief that women should control all aspects of their reproduction, including education about and access to safe birth control. They also aim to focus on gynecological care, pre-natal care, and abortion as human rights. These two fearless first-years have made a mission to educate and raise awareness about local and national issues that relate to women’s reproductive autonomy and the legal restrictions threatening it. [excerpt]
The Reproductive Rights Movement: 1914-Present, Angela A. Badore
The Reproductive Rights Movement: 1914-Present, Angela A. Badore
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The Reproductive Rights Movement has, throughout its history, been heavily affected by public perception. Both its proponents and opponents have therefore taken to using language in order to frame the controversial issues in ways that best achieve their respective objectives. This paper explores the terminology used to discuss such issues as birth control, sterilization, and abortion since 1914, when the term ‘birth control’ was first used.